How to Change Alternator Camaro Trans Am WS6 Firebird
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- How to Change Alternator Camaro Trans Am WS6 Firebird
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So after driving the B4C camaro for several miles it died. In todays video we replace the alternator which was directly under the power steering pump that was leaking when I bought the car. I'm pretty sure this is what caused the failure. Police Camaro also had a lot of electronics which is really hard on the charging systems. It is a pretty simple process but I wanted to show a video on how I remove them and replace. While I did rob the alternator off the WS6 Trans Am I listed 2 part numbers above for the proper replacement options.
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Kinda wish you weren't selling it. That Camaro is the reason I subscribed to your channel. I have an '02 Z28 and watching you work on yours got me back into mine after a long hiatus
I know. I wish I could keep them all but its slowing the progress on other cars. Who knows I may buy another some day. Ta stuff will work on the Camaro platform too so I'm not abandoning all 4th gens
Don’t worry everything he does to the trans am you can do to the camaro. Except for most of the body.
@@Yourmomloser true story
I'm impressed that golf cart pulled the Camaro up on the ramps.
It's a beast lol
I think everyone who trying to sale a car go thru that problem right when someone wants to look at it I'm glad you got it fix 👍✌
Thank you. Always the best time for it to break lol
@@TWAMotorsports Exactly😁👍✌
Haha.. the day I test drove my TA the driver headlight motor stopped.. I couldn't help but laugh.. PO replaced the motor before i took delivery. I was impressed.
@@armith 😁👍✌
@@armith that sucks but at least they fixed it.
Man I can't stop thinking about that pass in your Corvette. It has made me reevaluate a lot of things. I knew the new cars were fast but it made me look at what the big 3 were making and it's just not fair.
Lol. It is crazy how far they have come in a short time. I'm going to try for 10s when the weather cools down.
Had to replace mine twice because the the guy who replaced the exciter wire did a hack job and I found out the second time. I ended up getting a little thicker wire crimp wire connectors . Heat shrink and bam. Sucker looks good. Although no one will ever see. It’s nice knowing I did a quality job.
True. That wire is junk and after some heat cycles its junk.
Very common issue if your power steering pump or reservoir leaks. Make sure that you have your power steering system completely solved before swapping out the soon to be dead altenator. I thought my 70k mile 2002 WS6 only had a high pressure line leak that sprayed fluid on everything and I replaced the line and thought it was repaired and was gonna go ahead and change out from the factory 90-95amp alternator but I decided it would be better to clean everything up and keep checking for any other leaks and sure as sh!t the o-ring between the reservoir and pump was leaking fluid down the back of the pump and directly into the alternator. So I've had a small leak at the reservoir for atleast 2 months (first signs of a very tiny leak and lights dimming at night when I'd slow down and apply the brakes). So the reservoir was likely leaking a tiny bit for awhile and it was starting to affect the alternator. I had that little issue for a bit before I got the hole In the pressure line for the power steering which blew the fluid out in no time ones it let go. 99% of the time your pressure line is going to start leaking where the metal is crimped onto the rubber part of the hose, so check around there first and also make sure all that damned conduit isn't blocking a leak that would otherwise be clearly visible. So now I've got a 145 amp alternator for an 04 escalade 6.0L (it doesn't use or have the spot for the rear 3rd bolt but it doesn't need it, just make sure it's a 4prong plug and is the 145 and not the 105 that some came with if you are looking to upgrade). I'm gonna remove the old 95amp and re-clean everything and swap to the higher amp alternator. These are very common issues with these cars but a small price to pay considering what you get with the rest of the car. Still one of the fastest cars on the road with very few mods and still looks better than pretty much every car on the road. Even if it needs a bit of maintenance from being at the least, 20 years old.
This one had a leak before which I am sure caused the bad alternator. I replaced all the power steering components on it before.
I'm about to change the alternator in my 2000 trans am ( I bought the car new) only has 40k on it 6 speed ram air your video looks very informative thank you Travis wish me luck
Thank you and good luck
Power steering fluid ruined one of my alternators too in a similar situation close to home. Luckily I made it back in time. When I do the alternator, I like to disconnect the connectors for the maf, coolant temp , fuel injectors ect to give the alternator connector some slack before lowering it. It makes accessing the alternator connector much easier. Then I manuver the alternator towards the right side of the sway bar and it comes out relatively easy towards the right side. But I also spliced in quick disconnects towards the top of the harness to eliminate that process with the connector all together.
You might as well get a truck alternator for the trans am when you replace it.
I did disconnect several plugs to get some room. It probably would help to go all the way up the rail. I think if I don't get a truck alt I may buy a bigger amp stock one.
@@TWAMotorsports I've looked into that, gets unnecessarily expensive
This is perfectly timed.. I have recently developed the pulsing lights of doom when rpms are above idle. So time for test the alt and check the grounds.. maybe you could do a vid on where all the ground wires can be found 🙂
Yeah I had one that pulsed but never died. I replaced it anyway and all was good. I might do a ground video in the future
I accidentally broke the wire to the alternator when I did the headers on my ta. It was a pain and mildly embarrassing. Good luck on the sale and can’t wait to see more of the T/A
Thank you. Yeah that wire is a joke lol. Excited to do a new ta video.
I remember watching this b
Vid when it was posted didn’t think my alt would go well today it went and this vid saved me
Thank you. Glad I could help
I did mine last summer. And it ran perfect....
👍its not too bad.
I enjoy these videos you do even if its something I already know how to do. I actually had an alternator issue happen twice. 1st my ls3 98 firebird battery needle was jumping, swapped alternators with 2000 SS and issue followed so I got a new one for the SS since it's the daily and didnt want future issues. 2nd time was the night before going to the drag strip the power steering line was leaking all over the firebird alternator and killed it. Cleaned it all up and stole the Camaro alternator so I could run at the track and actually came back and did the KG3 alternator upgrade on the firebird. I highly recommend it. Voltage is always perfect and saw overall electrical improvement throughout the car
Thank you. I need to look into an upgrade on one before it goes back on the TA
@@TWAMotorsports it's like a tiny bit overall bigger but doesnt have that air funnel on the back that gets caught on everything and is much easier to get in and out. It doesnt have that back 3rd bolt either. Just the 2 bracket bolts. I believe I searched 03 Silverado to get mine. Max Amps are 145 and provides power at a lower rpm than our fbody one that is like 104 Amps or something like that
@@mralextalley thank you. I will check that out for sure.
Will be doing my 99 SS this week. I actually removed the sway bar to make it more accessible. Got an Eibach 35mm with new endings. Would like to see a water pump replacement video since this is my next project along with the pulleys
Maybe down the road I will do one.
Same issue rn, good vid.
My catfish is broken.
Hopefully it helps
@@TWAMotorsports PS Reservoir leaking somewhere did my alternator in I think, first time I ever had an alternator die while driving, had just enough juice to get back to my spot were I'm at.
Yup, some of the very first symptoms do include dash lights coming on, then rough performance, then dies out completely.
Needing to get that fixed right and a new battery for good measure, as this kind of failure is exactly the same as when my fuel pump quit on me while driving too, essentially you are dead in the water on both failures...unless you already have a trap door access, tools, ramps, an extra fuel pump and extra alternator in the car at all times, ah but she'll be 25 years old in a month, still bullying 'stangs. Thanks again.
I think ps kills lots of alternators
There is a white b4c camaro where I live with a 5.3 swap cam only and it is crazy fast!
I owned a white 02 6 speed I put a 5.3 in.
i have always disliked the car company making it so hard to reach thing on the motor that are things that are more likely to need repair , on my old 90 chevy truck i can change the alternator in like 10 minutes ,, thanks for the video . i have a friend that rebuilds them i hope it last as long as a new one would .
Thank you. Yeah it is a pain sometimes
Great vid man! Very informative 💯
Thank you
Do happen to know where that ground strap connected to and where it bolts to, I would greatly appreciate it 🙏
Which one?
Awesome video. Thanks, this helps a lot
Thank you. Glad I could help
Could be a short affecting the PCM in engine bay behind passenger side firewall. Did you wash the engine bay?
Good tutorial Travis. I've changed the alternator on my 2001 ws6 before I sold it years ago. It wasn't that hard to change out.. my 94 Trans am with the LT1 the alternator is on top of instead of underneath. And itsy the original alternator with 182,000 miles on it lol.. I don't want to Jynx myself.. but I'm going to replace it cause it's filthy and I'm restoring this car so I want the engine compartment show car nice..
Thank you. Yeah they are easier on lt motors.
@@TWAMotorsports good Sunday afternoon Travis. Well the Coronavirus really put a hault where I live.. pretty much everything is shutting down as of 8 pm tonight.
@@keilylmm6377 about the same here
Off topic but, I have seen in a few videos you have a wheel mounted to the wall for your air hose. Great idea! Can you please share how you mounted it to the wall?
I actually used big drywall anchors and drilled the wheel lip.
I knew it was going to start
Lol. I have faith in my work.
Where does the ground braided strap that comes out from the wire harness behind the alternator bolts to?
I had to extend mine to the chassis
Did "check gages" light came on for you? Mine just came on I have a feeling my alternator is about to give up soon, my battery voltage was below 13 i have not droven it yet cause i didnt want it to break down on me lol
It did
Had that same problem with the leaking PS, always drips into the alt. Also replaced PS rack as well as the pump and just changed O ring on the lines...
Also had issues once when I was gonna trade it for truck...SMH... It's been with me for 11yrs now and I don't think I could part with my Black Beauty Maro
Yeah the fluid probably killed it. I wish I could keep them all but exciting things ahead for the ta
My steering rack makes a clunk/snapping sound ever time I turn right think it needs replaced or greased up?
The clinking sounds like a tie rod, check the bushings. PS issues would be difficulty turning, whining (sounds like cats, lol) due to low fluid caused by a leak....and of course alternator replacement covered in PS fluid. Hope that helps.
An after market power steering cooler really helps epsecially if you have the stock power steering "heater"
@@lswon2347 it could be in the steering shaft also.
MAIN thing not told here is that big bracket has a bushing in each of the two front bolt holes and you have to move those forward with channel lock pliers or you'll never get the Alternator clocked into place. You do that and you don't have to remove the big bracket. You can see one of them sticking out at the 12:18 mark on the bracket. I spent 15-20 mins. trying to get one clocked into position and when it wouldn't I layed under the bracket and saw the damn things sticking out the back of the bracket for the first time! When you tighten up the two bolts it drives the bushings back through the bracket and takes up the slack between the bracket and alternator.....kinda like the opposite of the bushings you push back into a brake caliper so the caliper will go back into place when you're changing brake pads.
Great info. Thank you.
Any vid on any gen 4 is awesome. I bet you just hated seeing all that crusty oil deposits up under the engine.
Thank you. Lol. It did drive me crazy
It doesn't want to go! Haha
Lol. Maybe that's the problem.
This is what I thought too
Thanks for the help my car did the same shit 04 gto !
That sucks
Did it have two wires that go on the post of the alternator and then the plug ?
No just one
Got new alternator new battery still low voltage,any ideas
Check that alternator wire. Bet its bad
Awesome video.whats black case on the back of the alternator for ? Glad it started up.
Thank you. I'm not sure. Water deflector or vent I assume
It's made for cooling the alt
@@stacydornan9765 that's what I thought. 👍
Hey Travis, another great video. My 02 Firehawk has a 6.0 LS2 from a '05 GTO and in my past 2 drives shut down the instrument cluster. I have nursed her home successfully both times. I thought the battery was just low from lack of driving, but it did the cluster thing again after about 15 miles of driving today. So alternator swap time. You show a 140 amp version that Amazon claims is not compatible with either the Trans Am or the GTO. Is that what you installed successfully on your Trans Am after moving your old one to the Camaro? I just don't want to order the wrong replacement.
Yes that is what I ordered. Hopefully they didn't change the part number
Thanks, since my computer is from the LS1 original engine, I imagine the same one you installed will work on mine. I have too many trips and shows planned for the next month or two to mess with a bad alternator.
I changed the link to the new correct one.
What does the plug in small wire do?
Tells it to charge
Got my AC Delco from Amazon to dude
Probably the cheapest option other than rock auto.
I did as well. Definitely the best option for the brand
Hey my man.....I have just reinstalled the alternator......when I removed it I also took out bracket......upon reinstall it works and is charging but......the belt is rubbing on outer case.....also the bolts are really tight going in.....what have I done wrong?
Sound like it isn't seated properly and the bolts are cross threaded.
@@TWAMotorsports thx for the response and the vid......just got done taking it out and putting it back in......and besides for me cussing out the maker and almost crying (hey maybe it helps) , I couldn't say what I did different.....but I did get a better fitment and no belt rub.....btw this was a 145amp alt out of a 2003 Yukon. Have a great day!
@@ATLBDZ good. Glad you got it lined out.
Way did get your oil can from
Oil can?
Yes I want one for my camaro
Not sure what oil can you are talking about
What are you asking for the SS!?
The wifes car? It would be high because I want the parts off of it lol.
I had to have mine rebuilt just so I could afford to keep a Delphi in the car. Far less expensive than a new one and way better than overpriced Chinese re-man from the parts store. Two years later and still 13 amps strong.
Did you send it off or have it done local? I thought about doing that also.
@@TWAMotorsports Yeah there's a shop near my house. Good old school folks that still care about quality and customer service. It was around 100 bucks.
@@tygercat9122 nice.
Have you ever done a truck Alternator
Yes on the side of the road. Way easier because it's up top.
Have you ever put a truck alternator on an f body sorry
@@brandonrohrer7914 mine has a truck alternator on it... same install method except the back little bracket isnt used and the power steering line may need some massaging since its a bigger case.
I've been using the higher amp 6.0 truck alternator in my fbody for a few years now. Always above 14v
@@brandonrohrer7914 oh no. I generally use the higher amp fbody option
It is one horrible alternator to change Travis,did some serious cursing when I did mine last summer on the bird
It does suck to get to but wasn't as bad as I remember on my last one.
the 1st time i had to turn a wrench on my 1st fbody was to change the power steering pump (followed shortly by a windshield wiper motor replacement, but thats another rant for another day) ...& my 1st thought was what idiot engenier decided to put the alternator, a sensitive essential electrical component, directly under the power steering pump, full of caustic fluid?!?!?! ...love the ls motors, but that should get some kinda "dumbass of the decade" award for gm... & i firmly believe these morons that call themselves designers & engineers, oughta be forced to not only drive what they design, but be forced to do a 1 year stint in a garage working on the stupid crap they come up with, then maybe theyd stop building cars with such stupid stupid stupid designs! ...great video as always bro, thanx!
Thank you. Lol. I completely agree. Placement wasn't the best. Someone needs to make a tray to deflect the fluid onto something else. Perhaps another vital electric component lol
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I just broke the cord to the clip on, I’m so cooked
You can buy a replacement at local parts store
@@TWAMotorsports basically my neighbor came to the rescue, he works with wiring all the time. We extended the line soldered it. And but a plastic cover over aoe. We used the heat gun to wrap up the covering. I don't know the whole process but it worked out fine
That's good
Oops, I did not watch the entire video. :)
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